About the artist

Hello, my name is Amanda Heenan, I'm so glad to welcome you to this space where I can share my art with you.

Art has been a profound healing and comforting force in my life, enabling me to transcend the distress and challenges of ill health. Recently, I faced a significant health crisis—spending ten days in ICU, often hovering between life and death. In those long hours of uncertainty, especially during moments of lucidity, I found solace in watching YouTube videos, particularly from watercolour artists. These soothing visual havens transported me to places filled with light, colour, and joy. This inspired me to reconnect with painting once I returned home.

Art has provided crucial support through the physical and emotional challenges I’ve faced over the years, becoming an integral part of my healing and spiritual journey. My artwork feels like it originates from a deep, unexplainable source within and beyond me. While this creative flow has ebbed and flowed with life’s rhythms, I’m thrilled to say it’s fully alive now.

Whilst I largely self taught in the traditional sense, I have dedicated myself to studying under artists I admire, like Ilya Ibryaev and Sarah Stokes and remain thirsty to learn and expand into my practice more and more.

Highlights:

• I have been privately commissioned for a number of pieces, including for the iconic Blackrock Cottage in Glencoe Scotland.
• I also specialise in painting pet portraits to capture that spark of our beloved fur companions.
• I feature in a number of art publications, including Artistcloseup and Louvre Unbound.  I am also delighted and humbled to be featured in Artlo Magazine , issue 5, amongst other visionary contemporary artists.

Thank you again for the opportunity to share my art with you. I hope it brings you moments of peace and joy, which I felt so much as I created each piece.

Follow me on Instagram @artfourhealing